MILK OF MAGNESIA

common name for the chemical compound magnesium hydroxide, Mg(OH)2. The viscous, white, mildly alkaline mixture that is used medicinally as an antacid and laxative is a suspension of approximately 8% magnesium hydroxide in water.

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books on: Milk of Magnesia  - 137 results

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German-English Science Dictionary: For Students in the Agricultural, Biological and Physical Sciences
Book by Louis De Vries; McGraw-Hill, 1939
Subjects: German Language--Dictionaries--English, Science--Dictionaries
...er kalk , m . lime containing magnesia salts. Magerkeit , f . leanness...unfertile meadow; -milch , f . skim milk. magern , to make become, grow...meadow. magisch , magic al . Magnesia-gehalt , m . magnesia content; -glimmer , m . magnesium...
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The Home Hospital: How a Family Can Cope with Catastrophic Illness
Book by Lois Barclay Murphy; Basic Books, 1982
Subjects: Catastrophic Illness, Home Nursing, Home Nursing--Psychological Aspects, Sick--Family Relationships, Sick--Psychology
...peroxide, then dry. Apply thick milk of magnesia paste close around the tube to...or deep pink skin. The milk of magnesia retards the leakage and absorbs...soothes and heals the skin. Milk of magnesia paste is prepared as follows...
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Ybor City Chronicles: A Memoir
Book by Ferdie Pacheco; University Press of Florida, 1994
Subjects: Pacheco, Ferdie--Childhood And Youth, Tampa (Fla.)--Biography, Tampa (Fla.)--Social Life And Customs, Ybor City (Tampa, Fla.)--Biography, Ybor City (Tampa, Fla.)--Social Life And Customs
...icebox. Seven-Up and citrate of magnesia taste the same to the unsophisticated...Laxatives started mildly with milk of magnesia, then to cascara sagrada, bitter...water, also awful, to citrate of magnesia also called lemonade because it...
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A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
Book by Arnold E. Bender, David A. Bender; Oxford University Press, 1995
Subjects: Cookery--Dictionaries, Food--Dictionaries, Nutrition--Dictionaries
...restoration of the fat content. milk, irradiated Milk that has been subjected to ultraviolet...partly converted into * vitamin D. milk, lactose-hydrolysed Milk in...dye-reduction test. milk of magnesia Magnesium hydroxide solution used...
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Food: A Dictionary of Literal and Nonliteral Terms
Book by Robert A. Palmatier; Greenwood Press, 2000
Subjects: Food--Dictionaries
conut milk q.v. , which is either the natural juice or the manufactured milk of a coconut; corn milk , the white liquid that hits you in...pop a kernel of unripe corn; milk of magnesia MWCD: 1880 , milky white magnesium...
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journal articles on: Milk of Magnesia  - 11 results

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Cross-cultural Perspectives on the Common Cold: Data from Five Populations
Journal article by Roberta D. Baer, Susan C. Weller, Lee Pachter, Robert Trotter; Human Organization, Vol. 58, 1999
Subjects: Anthropology, Colds, Cross cultural studies, Latin America, Perceptions
...she found that a child who has a cold should not have milk, which is classified as "cold." Pachter (1995...the addition of a few drops of gasoline, taking milk of magnesia, or using garlic. Nor is avoiding getting upset felt...
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Subculture, Parody, and the Carnivalesque: A Bakhtinian Reading of Mary Helen Ponce's "The Wedding"
Journal article by Ellen Mccracken; MELUS, Vol. 23, 1998
Subjects: American literature--Mexican American authors, Mexican Americans--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Ponce, Mary Helen--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...French bread made into a sandwich and a half gallon of milk, "indulging her expanding stomach" (73). Her mother...she wants, except when she gets sick, then she takes Milk of Magnesia and in two days eats more than ever" (71). Ponce...
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For Every Health Policy Action, There Can Be Reciprocal Overreaction
Journal article by William L. Kissick; Frontiers of Health Services Management, Vol. 19, 2003
Subjects: Consumerism, Free markets, Health care delivery, United States
...anticoagulation treatment, of which Dr. White disapproved, along with bed rest, oxygen, digoxin, diuretics, milk of magnesia for his bowels, and reassuring press releases for the public. Did he stop the line? No, for medical, professional...
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At a Distance
Journal article by Bruce Clunies Ross; Australian Literary Studies, Vol. 19, 1999
Subjects: Authors, Australian--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Greer, Germaine--Conduct of life, James, Clive--Philosophy, Once an Australian: Journeys with Barry Humphries, Clive James, Germaine Greer and Robert Hughes (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Travel--Social aspects
...accidental alliteration has an apposite perfection which could not have been equalled by Sandy Stone after a dose of milk of magnesia. There are worse moments in the book where the writing loses its way in grammatical tangles too tedious to quote...
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The Door in the Woods
Journal article by Dorian Gossy; Daedalus, Vol. 135, 2006
...the only sign of life. He had fixed a sheet of newspaper to the door window. Out of the cold ground came bottles: milk of magnesia bottles in cobalt blue; amber motor oil and Clorox bottles; and Cra-Rock seltzer bottles, in glass as aqua as...
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magazine articles on: Milk of Magnesia  - 14 results

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Seniors a Key to Strong Laxative Sales
Magazine article; Drug Topics, Vol. 139, February 20, 1995
Subjects: Drug stores, Manycompanies, Manyproducts, Merchandising, Nonprescription drugs, Older people, Statistical data, Target markets, United States
...Correctol, Ex-Lax, Phillips Milk of Magnesia, Fleet Enema, Fibercon, Colace...fiber laxative tablets, milk of magnesia, womens laxatives, chocolate...adult enemas, and citrate of magnesia have proven to produce strong sales...
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Pharmacists' Top Choices in Otcs for 1993
Magazine article; Drug Topics, Vol. 137, August 16, 1993
Subjects: Drug stores, Manyproducts, Nonprescription drugs, Pharmacists, Recommendations, Statistical data, United States
...brand is Fleet, cited by 49%; Citrate of Magnesia is recommended by 25%. Fourteen percent...BRANDS Fleet/Fleet--49% Citrate of Magnesia/various manufacturers--25 Milk of Magnesia/various manufacturers--7 Citroma/Cumberland...
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Cabinet Checklist
Magazine article; Working Mother, Vol. 28, September 2005
Subjects: Drugs, Health care
...carbonate (such as Tums) or aluminum hydroxide/magnesium hydroxide (such as Maalox or milk of magnesia) For upset tummies; Maalox or milk of magnesia can also ease constipation Plastic syringe Handy for administering rehydrating solutions...
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Counseling Tips for the Top Otcs
Magazine article by Ahmed H. Hikal, Ethel M. Hikal; Drug Topics, Vol. 141, June 16, 1997
Subjects: Continuing education, Counseling, Nonprescription drugs, Pharmacists, Professional development, United States
...and nearly all are excreted in breast milk. However, acetaminophen appears safe...acute febrile illness. * Take with food or milk to minimize GI effects. * Aspirin intolerance...INFLAMMATORY DRUGS * Take NSAIDs with food or milk to minimize GI effects. * NSAIDs should...
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Warning Advertising May Be Hazardous to Your Health: Ads Pose a Threat to Physical, Emotional, Social, and Cultural Well-Being
Magazine article by Roy F. Fox; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 130, November 2001
Subjects: Advertising and children--Social aspects, Advertising research, Business and education--Analysis, Channel One Communications Corp.--Contracts, Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects, Industry and education--Analysis, Marketing industry--Social aspects, Satellite communications services industry--Contracts, Satellite television, Television advertising
...ago "were drinking almost twice as much milk as soda pop ... now theyre drinking twice as much soda pop as milk." What results is the systematic destruction...smokers fag" is remedied with Phillips Milk of Magnesia, while "perspiration aura...
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newspaper articles on: Milk of Magnesia  - 55 results

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Patients Abusing Free Drug Policies
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), November 5, 2007
Subjects: Drug abuse, Magnesium hydroxide, Nonprescription drugs, Prescription writing
...Western Mail Everyday items like milk of magnesia and aspirin are still being handed...common indigestion remedy milk of magnesia have been claimed on free prescriptions...items like Bonjela and milk of magnesia can pay for them themselves...
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Cookup a Treat
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), July 25, 2011
Subjects: Personal appearance
...cool damp cloth. Repeat as necessary. MILK FOR: Smooth eyelids. Eyes are the window...on "miracle" creams just use a dash of milk. HERES HOW: Dip your ring fingers into a small dish of full-fat milk and massage on to eyelids and around the...
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Joanna Was Given Weeks to Live, Her Body Racked by Chemotherapy. Yet the Truth Was She Didn't Have Cancer
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 9, 1996
...drinking enough water, he said before telling me to take milk of magnesia. I tried to explain that anything I had managed to...I think its in your mind. Just keep taking the milk of magnesia. I tried to tell him that each time I did, it came...
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Unveiling Triumphs of the North-East
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), January 10, 2006
...according to Steve Newman, it has also given the world Milk of Magnesia, Lucozade, Andrews Liver Salts and Delrosa rose...Turner and a Mr Phillips also went on to formulate Milk of Magnesia. The book looks at the citys well known historic...
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BEAUTY TO GO; Quick Fixes to Make You Look Perfectly Groomed and Gorgeous in No Time - So There Is No Excuse
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), January 14, 2006
...kill off a spot, apply a dab of calamine lotion or Milk Of Magnesia to the blemish at bedtime and it will be gone by morning...kill off a spot, apply a dab of calamine lotion, Milk Of Magnesia or honey to the blemish EAUTY TOOLS: Essential pieces...
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encyclopedia articles on: Milk of Magnesia  - 4 results

 
 
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Milk of Magnesia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MILK OF MAGNESIA common name for the chemical compound magnesium hydroxide, Mg(OH) 2 . The viscous, white, mildly alkaline mixture that is...
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Magnesium
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...amounts of heat, forming the oxide, magnesia , MgO. A magnesium fire cannot be...sulfate heptahydrate, MgSO 4 7H 2 O), milk of magnesia (magnesium hydroxide, Mg(OH) 2 ), and citrate of magnesia are used in medicine. Magnesium reacts...
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Hydroxide
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) are much less soluble in water and are not as strongly basic. Magnesium hydroxide ( milk of magnesia ) is only slightly basic. Some hydroxides (e.g., aluminum hydroxide) exhibit amphoterism , having either acidic...
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Magnesium Hydroxide
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE see milk of magnesia . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


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